9th annual Maroon Madness

Sixers coach Brett Brown was the featured speaker at a packed, noisy Bryant Gymnasium at Lower Merion High School’s 9th Annual Maroon Madness benefitting Coaches vs. Cancer Wednesday evening.

The evening began at 6 p.m. with live music and entertainment outside the entrance of the historic Downs Gymnasium. At 7 p.m., the school community took a walk around the entire high school building, then headed into the gym for the evening’s basketball festivities.

Highlights included the introduction of the boys and girls teams, an intra-squad scrimmage, on-court fan contests, musical entertainment and raffles for LM/Nike gear. The first 250 guests to donate $5 to Coaches vs. Cancer received an event T-shirt and glowstick.

About 1,000 community members attended the event, which serves as the official start to Lower Merion’s winter athletics season and the school’s annual Coaches vs. Cancer fundraising drive. The Lower Merion community has raised nearly $50,000 in the past three years to benefit cancer research.